Microservices Job Trends

Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 88 53
Rank change year-on-year -23 -35 -15
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,255 1,946 2,555
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.36% 2.90% 4.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.76% 3.47% 5.26%
Number of salaries quoted 806 1,081 2,006
10th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £68,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.03%
75th Percentile £93,563 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £111,746
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £69,447
% change year-on-year +7.69% -6.40% +6.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,477 56,157 48,569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.69% 83.58% 93.82%
Number of salaries quoted 27,500 29,119 37,204
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,404 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 20 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 20 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -15 1,167 £75,000 +7.14% 1,252
London +8 687 £85,000 - 683
UK excluding London -67 523 £70,000 +7.69% 682
Work from Home -16 511 £72,500 +7.41% 827
North of England -32 199 £70,000 +14.37% 193
North West -4 125 £70,000 +12.00% 129
South East -72 114 £70,000 +3.70% 199
Midlands +32 71 £71,250 +9.62% 92
Yorkshire -36 60 £75,000 +22.54% 41
South West -48 53 £60,000 -4.00% 79
Scotland -42 47 £66,000 +1.54% 47
West Midlands +25 41 £70,000 +7.69% 54
East of England -12 35 £66,500 +4.31% 44
East Midlands +9 28 £76,000 +16.92% 35
North East -8 14 £50,000 -9.09% 23
Wales -6 7 £53,500 -2.73% 15
Northern Ireland -14 1 - - 17

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 37 (2.95%) Apache Airflow
2 28 (2.23%) Apache
2 28 (2.23%) Confluence
3 25 (1.99%) Apache Spark
4 18 (1.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 12 (0.96%) CMS
5 12 (0.96%) JBoss
6 10 (0.80%) Appian
7 6 (0.48%) nginx
7 6 (0.48%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.48%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.40%) IIS
9 4 (0.32%) Apache Pulsar
10 3 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
11 2 (0.16%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.16%) SharePoint
11 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.080%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.080%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 15 (1.20%) Maya
2 9 (0.72%) MS Visio
3 8 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.32%) PlantUML
5 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
1 11 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (0.64%) SAP FS
3 7 (0.56%) Endur
3 7 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.32%) Shopify
5 3 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.080%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.080%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.080%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.080%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 676 (53.86%) AWS
2 587 (46.77%) Azure
3 209 (16.65%) GCP
4 179 (14.26%) Serverless
5 148 (11.79%) SaaS
6 136 (10.84%) GitHub
7 120 (9.56%) Azure DevOps
8 84 (6.69%) Amazon EKS
9 73 (5.82%) Amazon S3
10 68 (5.42%) Amazon ECS
11 63 (5.02%) AWS Lambda
12 59 (4.70%) GitHub Actions
13 53 (4.22%) Amazon EC2
13 53 (4.22%) PaaS
14 45 (3.59%) Amazon SQS
15 41 (3.27%) Azure Service Bus
16 38 (3.03%) Power Platform
17 33 (2.63%) AWS CloudFormation
17 33 (2.63%) OpenShift
18 31 (2.47%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.88%) Network Security
2 9 (0.72%) HTTP
3 8 (0.64%) Firewall
4 7 (0.56%) AMQP
5 5 (0.40%) WAN
6 3 (0.24%) Broadband
6 3 (0.24%) Internet
6 3 (0.24%) Multicast
7 2 (0.16%) DNS
7 2 (0.16%) LAN
7 2 (0.16%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.16%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.080%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.080%) MQTT
8 1 (0.080%) SNMP
8 1 (0.080%) SSL
8 1 (0.080%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (14.42%) NoSQL
2 165 (13.15%) PostgreSQL
3 154 (12.27%) MongoDB
4 134 (10.68%) SQL Server
5 92 (7.33%) Relational Database
6 62 (4.94%) DynamoDB
7 61 (4.86%) MySQL
8 51 (4.06%) Azure SQL Database
9 48 (3.82%) Elasticsearch
10 34 (2.71%) Big Data
10 34 (2.71%) Redis
11 33 (2.63%) RDBMS
12 24 (1.91%) Amazon RDS
12 24 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
13 18 (1.43%) Power BI
14 15 (1.20%) Amazon Aurora
15 14 (1.12%) Data Lake
16 13 (1.04%) Apache Cassandra
17 11 (0.88%) Tableau
18 8 (0.64%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 175 (13.94%) Git
2 121 (9.64%) Jenkins
3 57 (4.54%) JUnit
4 56 (4.46%) JIRA
5 50 (3.98%) GitLab
6 44 (3.51%) Selenium
7 39 (3.11%) Mockito
8 33 (2.63%) JMeter
9 32 (2.55%) Cucumber
10 22 (1.75%) TeamCity
11 20 (1.59%) Maven
12 17 (1.35%) CircleCI
13 14 (1.12%) Bitbucket
14 12 (0.96%) git-flow
14 12 (0.96%) Octopus Deploy
15 11 (0.88%) Cypress.io
15 11 (0.88%) Oracle Forms
15 11 (0.88%) Postman
15 11 (0.88%) SonarQube
16 10 (0.80%) Visual Studio
General
1 407 (32.43%) Finance
2 345 (27.49%) Social Skills
3 199 (15.86%) Law
4 185 (14.74%) Banking
5 141 (11.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 103 (8.21%) Analytical Skills
7 80 (6.37%) Public Sector
8 64 (5.10%) Marketing
9 61 (4.86%) Retail
10 51 (4.06%) Financial Institution
11 37 (2.95%) Games
12 31 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
13 30 (2.39%) Billing
14 27 (2.15%) Back Office
15 25 (1.99%) Dutch Language
15 25 (1.99%) French Language
15 25 (1.99%) Legal
15 25 (1.99%) Telecoms
16 23 (1.83%) Front Office
17 18 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 426 (33.94%) Developer
2 282 (22.47%) Software Engineer
3 263 (20.96%) Senior
4 228 (18.17%) Lead
5 223 (17.77%) Architect
6 114 (9.08%) Java Developer
7 111 (8.84%) Solutions Architect
8 109 (8.69%) .NET Developer
9 105 (8.37%) Java Engineer
10 81 (6.45%) Java Software Engineer
10 81 (6.45%) Senior Developer
11 74 (5.90%) Full-Stack Developer
11 74 (5.90%) Senior Software Engineer
12 71 (5.66%) Lead Developer
13 55 (4.38%) Lead Software Engineer
14 53 (4.22%) Software Developer
15 48 (3.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 41 (3.27%) Principal Engineer
17 40 (3.19%) C# Developer
17 40 (3.19%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 329 (26.22%) .NET
2 280 (22.31%) RESTful
3 250 (19.92%) React
4 249 (19.84%) Spring
5 237 (18.88%) Kafka
6 208 (16.57%) REST
6 208 (16.57%) Spring Boot
7 145 (11.55%) AngularJS
8 133 (10.60%) .NET Core
9 125 (9.96%) Node.js
10 115 (9.16%) HTML
11 83 (6.61%) .NET Framework
12 80 (6.37%) CSS
13 78 (6.22%) Web Services
14 77 (6.14%) ASP.NET
15 72 (5.74%) Hibernate
16 71 (5.66%) RabbitMQ
17 68 (5.42%) ASP.NET Web API
18 66 (5.26%) Entity Framework
19 57 (4.54%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 371 (29.56%) Cloud Native
2 195 (15.54%) Distributed Systems
3 105 (8.37%) Product Ownership
4 97 (7.73%) Enterprise Software
5 59 (4.70%) Legacy Systems
6 45 (3.59%) Algorithms
7 43 (3.43%) Greenfield Project
8 42 (3.35%) Virtual Team
9 36 (2.87%) Mobile App
10 35 (2.79%) Public Cloud
11 34 (2.71%) Distributed Architecture
12 33 (2.63%) Onboarding
13 31 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
14 28 (2.23%) Management Information System
15 27 (2.15%) Data Structures
16 24 (1.91%) AI Agents
17 19 (1.51%) Client/Server
17 19 (1.51%) Low-Code
18 17 (1.35%) Distributed Applications
19 16 (1.27%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 60 (4.78%) Linux
2 32 (2.55%) Windows
3 15 (1.20%) Android
4 9 (0.72%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.56%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.32%) Unix
7 2 (0.16%) CentOS
7 2 (0.16%) Debian
7 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.16%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.16%) VMS
8 1 (0.080%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 651 (51.87%) Agile
2 597 (47.57%) CI/CD
3 505 (40.24%) DevOps
4 450 (35.86%) Software Engineering
5 267 (21.27%) Containerisation
6 251 (20.00%) AI
7 249 (19.84%) Full-Stack Development
8 233 (18.57%) Problem-Solving
9 231 (18.41%) Mentoring
10 204 (16.25%) Event-Driven
11 202 (16.10%) Continuous Improvement
12 193 (15.38%) SDLC
12 193 (15.38%) TDD
13 172 (13.71%) Roadmaps
14 170 (13.55%) Test Automation
15 149 (11.87%) Fintech
16 147 (11.71%) Scrum
17 145 (11.55%) Computer Science
18 139 (11.08%) Architectural Patterns
19 138 (11.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 470 (37.45%) Java
2 340 (27.09%) C#
3 308 (24.54%) Python
4 304 (24.22%) SQL
5 257 (20.48%) JavaScript
6 186 (14.82%) TypeScript
7 67 (5.34%) Go
8 49 (3.90%) Kotlin
9 39 (3.11%) Shell Script
10 24 (1.91%) PHP
11 21 (1.67%) PL/SQL
11 21 (1.67%) Scala
12 19 (1.51%) Rust
13 17 (1.35%) C++
13 17 (1.35%) PowerShell
14 14 (1.12%) C
14 14 (1.12%) Ruby
15 9 (0.72%) Bash
16 8 (0.64%) Bicep
17 6 (0.48%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 177 (14.10%) Degree
2 105 (8.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 104 (8.29%) Security Cleared
4 77 (6.14%) SC Cleared
5 65 (5.18%) AWS Certification
6 56 (4.46%) Master's Degree
7 39 (3.11%) Azure Certification
8 35 (2.79%) TOGAF Certification
9 34 (2.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 19 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (1.20%) DV Cleared
12 8 (0.64%) AWS Certified Developer
12 8 (0.64%) PMI Certification
12 8 (0.64%) PMP
13 7 (0.56%) CISM
13 7 (0.56%) CISSP
14 5 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.40%) ISTQB
15 4 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
16 3 (0.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (7.25%) QA
2 32 (2.55%) GDPR
3 23 (1.83%) Accessibility
4 16 (1.27%) PCI DSS
5 12 (0.96%) SLA
6 11 (0.88%) NIST
6 11 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.64%) HIPAA
8 8 (0.64%) IFRS
8 8 (0.64%) IFRS 17
8 8 (0.64%) Solvency II
9 7 (0.56%) Data Quality
9 7 (0.56%) EMIR
10 5 (0.40%) SEPA
11 4 (0.32%) NCSC
12 3 (0.24%) WCAG
13 2 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.16%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.16%) PSD2
System Software
1 390 (31.08%) Docker
2 15 (1.20%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.24%) Firmware
4 3 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.16%) HDFS
5 2 (0.16%) Terminal Server
5 2 (0.16%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.16%) vSphere
6 1 (0.080%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 418 (33.31%) Kubernetes
2 173 (13.78%) Terraform
3 58 (4.62%) Grafana
4 38 (3.03%) Ansible
5 33 (2.63%) Prometheus
6 31 (2.47%) Kibana
7 18 (1.43%) Argo
8 16 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (0.64%) Mesos
10 5 (0.40%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.32%) Kubeflow
11 4 (0.32%) Puppet
12 2 (0.16%) Istio
12 2 (0.16%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.080%) Nagios
Vendors
1 197 (15.70%) Microsoft
2 66 (5.26%) Oracle
3 34 (2.71%) Guidewire
4 30 (2.39%) Splunk
5 29 (2.31%) Google
6 27 (2.15%) Salesforce
7 26 (2.07%) Dynatrace
8 23 (1.83%) SAP
9 20 (1.59%) OpenAI
10 17 (1.35%) BiZZdesign
11 14 (1.12%) MuleSoft
12 13 (1.04%) Atlassian
13 10 (0.80%) CrowdStrike
13 10 (0.80%) Duck Creek
13 10 (0.80%) Fortinet
13 10 (0.80%) Palo Alto
13 10 (0.80%) ServiceNow
13 10 (0.80%) VMware
14 9 (0.72%) IBM
14 9 (0.72%) Red Hat